This educational program focuses on the application of biological and chemical principles to the management and production of dairy animals and the production and handling of dairy products. This program typically includes in depth instruction in animal sciences, food science and technology, biochemistry, nutrition sciences, and related aspects of human and animal safety and health.
The following colleges and universities provide majors and degree programs in Dairy Science.
- California Polytechnic State University: San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
- California State University: Fresno Fresno, CA
- College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA
- Delaware Valley College Doylestown, PA
- Eastern New Mexico University Portales, NM
- Iowa State University Ames, IA
- Lakeshore Technical College Cleveland, WI
- Linn-Benton Community College Albany, OR
- Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
- Modesto Junior College Modesto, CA
- Northeast Community College Norfolk, NE
- Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia, MS
- Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute Wooster, OH
- Ridgewater College Willmar, MN
- Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon, WA
- South Dakota State University Brookings, SD
- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Fennimore, WI
- State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville Morrisville, NY
- State University of New York College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY
- University of Florida Gainesville, FL
- University of Georgia Athens, GA
- University of Idaho Moscow, ID
- University of New Hampshire Durham, NH
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI
- University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI
- Utah State University Logan, UT
- Vermont Technical College Randolph Center, VT
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA